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    Hesperocyon is an extinct genus of canids (subfamily Hesperocyoninae, family Canidae) that was endemic to North America, ranging from southern Canada...
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    Paraenhydrocyon clade may be directly descended from Hesperocyon gregarius. According to Xiaoming Wang, Hesperocyon coloradensis provides an important link between...
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  • Prohesperocyon ("before Hesperocyon") is an extinct genus of the first canid endemic to North America appearing during the Late Eocene around 36.6 mya...
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    Miocene. One of the early members of the Hesperocyonines, the genus Hesperocyon, gave rise to Archaeocyon and Leptocyon. These branches led to the borophagine...
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    Gastornis Pakicetus Hyracodon Eocene turtle fossil Leptictidium Peratherium Hesperocyon Tritemnodon Coryphodon Pseudocrypturus Bolca in Italy List of fossil...
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  • (such as Mesohippus), nimravids, protoceratids, and early canids like Hesperocyon. Merycoidodonts, an endemic American group, were very diverse during...
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  • proportions of Eoarctos are similar to those of early canids, such as Hesperocyon, although the rostrum and frontal shield are broader, the orbital area...
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  • western (originally, "evening"). Examples: Hesperornis ("western bird"); Hesperocyon ("western dog"); Hesperosaurus ("western lizard") hippus, hippo-: Pronunciation:...
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  • Suborder: Caniformia incertae sedis †Prohesperocyon †Hesperocyoninae Hesperocyon Mesocyon Cynodesmus Sunkahetanka Philotrox Enhydrocyon Paraenhydrocyon...
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    slightly more hypocarnivorous (omnivorous) diet than the otherwise similar Hesperocyon. The skeleton is also generalized, lacking specializations for running...
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